пустыня

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pustyni. Equivalent to пусты́ (pustý) +‎ -ы́ня (-ýnja). Cognate with Ukrainian пусти́ня (pustýnja).

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Noun

пусты́ня (pustýnjaf inan (genitive пусты́ні, nominative plural пусты́ні, genitive plural пусты́нь or пусты́няў)

  1. desert (a barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation)
    Synonym: пустэ́льня (pustélʹnja)
    • 1916, “Što takoje klimat?”, in Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, editor, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilno: Homan, page 106:
      Jość i hetkije miejscy na ziamli, dzie kruhły hod blizka saŭsim nie bywaje doždžu. Henyje miejscy nazywajucca pustyniami. U pustyni mała raście raślin.
      There are places on Earth where it hardly ever rains throughout the year. These places are called deserts. Very few plants grow in a desert.

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References

  • пустыня” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pustyni. By surface analysis, пусто́й (pustój) +‎ -ы́ня (-ýnja).

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Noun

пусты́ня (pustýnjaf inan (genitive пусты́ни, nominative plural пусты́ни, genitive plural пусты́нь, relational adjective пусты́нный, diminutive пусты́нька)

  1. desert, wilderness
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) unpopulated area

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